BAL on Rules in Society:
Éducaloi and Jeune pour jeunes:Éducaloi is a non-profit organization whose mission is to inform Quebecers of their rights
and obligations by providing quality legal information in everyday language. Their Youth Zone
contains many activities for teachers and students alike!

On Friday, October 29th, LWB will be hosting a jewellery sale
featuring the latest Kajjansi Jewellery Collection for women and men, boys and girls. During the
sale, an ongoing presentation featuring the project will be occurring in the school’s
auditorium.

Students taking Canjita Gomes' advance curriculum writing course at Bishops in late 2009 have
uploaded their LESs to the Social Sciences
PLC. The student
teachers would greatly appreciate your feedback!

Centre d'histoire de Montréal - English Homepage!The Centre d'histoire de Montréal, the city museum, offers you the key to discovering
Montreal’s multiple identities. With three floors and as many exhibitions, you’ll live or re-live
the whole of the rich, eventful adventure of our metropolis. Both a museum and a centre dedicated
to animating and disseminating history and heritage, the Centre d'histoire spreads its services and
its many activities, exhibitions, and guided tours throughout the different neighbourhoods of the
city, in collaboration with local associations, presentation spaces, institutions, and citizens.

The Memory Project will provide every living Second World War veteran with the
opportunity to share their memories through oral interviews and digitized artefacts and
memorabilia. It is a very large and growing "digital archive" that can be used in a number of
ways, depending on the program you teach. The Modern period's changes are brought to life
(Sec. 3), Power struggles are experienced first hand (Sec. 4), and significant events in 20th
Century History (Sec. 5) are recounted by those directly involved.

The RECITUS's extraordinary timeline creation and sharing tool was adapted
by LEARN last year for Anglophone sector teachers and students. We kept the title "The
lignedutemps", so you can always remember this is a Quebec production!, and you will never forget
the website address at
http://www.lignedutemps.qc.ca.

This new tool is designed to help students and teachers create complex and
layered timelines online. Teachers can design scenarios, timelines can be shared publically
or between students in order to collaborate on larger projects, events can be created using the
RECITUS growing database of images tied directly to the programs. And finally, it offers the
opportunity to print out their scenarios and timelines, and even provides embed code you can use to
put them on your own website.
Direct access to the English version is
here.
As of Sept. 2009 the application itself has been translated, but certain help and teacher
files not yet adapted. But don't worry, your data is safe and you can use the application in
either French or English, even when working on the same Timeline projects!

Featured June 2009:

Where to Draw the Line is a
new online exhibition at the McCord-Museum "where controversy rules! But watch your step!
Every click of the mouse can trigger wild laughter or push you into deep thought… Take a look back
at events that made headlines in Montreal between 1950 and 2000. Explore our collection using our
cool and unusual search interface. Learn about the art of cartooning. And take a stand by telling
others what you think."
Read more at
http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/cartoons. (Version français ici.)

Featured early 2009:

The VMC Teachers' Centre Goes Web 2.0

Bringing Canadian museums and their collections to your fingertips, this
new online learning space makes it possible for teachers to consult lesson plans or to create their
own, and you can bring your lessons to life by interacting and participating directly with
students.

The Historical Atlas (Français) The Historical Atlas site provides access to a multitude of historical maps, produced mainly
by the authors of archives built with the software Chronos. It is intended primarily for students
and teachers of history, but those of several other disciplines such as politics, economy, etc..,
will also find useful materials for their courses.

"February is Black History Month. In Canada, it's a time to celebrate the achievements
of black Canadians and reflect on their experiences throughout our past. CBC Digital Archives has
pulled together a selection of radio and TV clips that honour black history — some of which
exemplify the racism blacks have had to endure and overcome, both in Canada and around the world,
while others highlight the remarkable accomplishments of extraordinary people."
(Source: CBC Archives at
http://archives.cbc.ca/society/celebrations/topics/3509/

Historical Thinking MattersHistorical Thinking Matters is a website that is designed to teach students how to critically
read primary sources and how to critique and construct historical narratives.
http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/

Fur Trade Stories (New Oct. 08) Structured using time periods and timelines for clarity, the site also allows you to browse
resources that illustrate different aspects (economy, social, etc.) of the fur trade. Many
original documents and artifacts are available, journals from people involved, etc. A
good potential site for studying continuity and change on a number of levels.
http://www.furtradestories.ca

An IDC 2007 Project in the form of a Learning and Evaluation Situation! Students will explore
different venues through a series of relevant activities that will develop their capacity to
exercise critical judgment and synthesize information. The students become cognizant of a current
issue of fundamental significance, the world water crisis!

Featured May 2008:

VMC Exhibits new offerings:

Always worth revisiting on a regular basis, the Virtual Museum's Exhibits section has 160+
exhibits online that fit exceptionally well into Social Sciences classes at all levels.
On their front page this month:

On the Road North: Black Canada and the Journey to Freedom

Seasons in New France

Champlain Travels

Featured February 2008:

CBC Archives Celebrating Black History
Several clips and timeline available

"February is Black History Month. In Canada, it's a time to celebrate the
achievements of black Canadians and reflect on their experiences throughout our past. CBC Digital
Archives has pulled together a selection of radio and TV clips that honour black history — some of
which exemplify the racism blacks have had to endure and overcome, both in Canada and around the
world, while others highlight the remarkable accomplishments of extraordinary people."

"Teachers and students can engage with each other
through this free interactive learning space. Create customized learning resources with reliable
Canadian museum content for a fun, exciting and interactive learning experience."
Visit the Agora site here

FOLLOWING THE GREAT FAMINE Website designed to help students explore one of the greatest disasters of 19th-century
Europe, a disaster whose ripple effects were felt in North America and throughout the world.
Includes collections of video clips, links, photographs, paintings, and excerpts from newspapers
and letters of the times. QEP connections in Elementary and Secondary History.

Previously, you could select your favorite images, create your folders and prepare visual and
written presentations (like slideshows). Now, “My McCord” will allow you to comment on,
annotate, and tag images, and also to add personal images. You will also more easily be able to
access all your folders.

Try these new tools by exploring our latest Web initiatives, displaying Aboriginal cultures.
This year, 5,000 artifacts from First Nations collections have been added, bringing the new McCord
Museum "Keys to History" digital on-line collection total to 135,000. Use
Eduweb: Resources for
Themes section to search for First Nations collections. In the
Web
Activities section there are also specific activities using these new collections.